[alfa] RE: Skoda, Soviet steel

[George Theofanous <gt_theo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Skoda is not actually a Soviet car, but Czech. The Soviet cars that
were built on old Fiat platforms were Ladas. When I was a kid
travelling in Greece, I remember wondering why the Fiat 124, Seat 124,
and Lada 1100 all had different names, when they were CLEARLY the same
car :+) Eventually Skoda as well as Seat were bought by VW, and now
they make cloned Golfs and Passats like the Skoda Octavia. 

As for the Soviet steel story, as far as I know it is true. Doesn't the
Alfa Owners Bible make a mention of this somewhere?? Let's face it -
those 70's Alfas and Fiats rusted way too quick, even allowing for
standards of the period. One book I have makes a joke about Fiats from
around then "literally oxidizing before their owner's horror-stricken
eyes". Classic stuff.

regards
George
74 GTV (no rust yet, knock on wood)

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